Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
  • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
  • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
  • B65D5/5405—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
  • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
  • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
  • B65D5/48—Partitions
  • B65D5/48002—Partitions integral
  • B65D5/48004—Squaring, i.e. at least four not aligned compartments
  • B65D5/48006—Longitudinal partition provided with cut flaps folded perpendicular to the partition
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
  • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
  • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
  • B65D5/48—Partitions
  • B65D5/48024—Partitions inserted
  • B65D5/48026—Squaring or like elements, e.g. honeycomb element, i.e. at least four not aligned compartments
  • B65D5/48036—Longitudinal partition provided with cut flaps folded perpendicular to the partition

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a carton in which bottles such as wine bottles can be transported.
• the carton may also be used for displaying bottles at a point of sale at a retail outlet.
• Bottles such as wine bottles have been transported in the past in corrugated cardboard boxes. Normally six or more bottles are loaded into each box in a filling or packaging line using automated air suction technology. Once the bottles have been loaded into the box, a person manually picks, assembles and places a divider made of solid or fluted cardboard material into the box in order to prevent the sides of the bottles from rattling and clashing against each other during transportation. The steps of manually picking, assembling and positioning dividers into each carton increases overall costs.
• the loaded boxes are then palletized and stretch wrapped using a robotic system prior to storage and ultimately delivery to a retail outlet.
• bottles are then removed from the box and placed either on a wine bottle rack, stood upright on a shelf or displayed on the floor and the box discarded.
• a carton suitable for transporting bottles including: i) a series of side wall panels that are interconnected and form an enclosure and can be manipulated from an empty collapsed orientation for storage in a space saving manner to an assembled orientation into which bottles can be loaded; and ii) an internal wall structure positioned inside and connected to the side wall panels at pre-selected locations such that as the enclosure is manipulated from the collapsed orientation to the assembled orientation the internal wall structure is located in an operative position which defines separate compartments each adapted to receive a bottle and thereby avoid bottles loaded into the carton from contacting each other.
• An advantage of the present invention is that internal wall structure replaces conventional dividers and, therefore, removes the need to manually assemble and insert a divider into a carton.
• the side wall panels and the internal wall structure be made from a single sheet of material.
• the carton may be made of any suitable material including solid cardboard or plastic, however, it is preferred that the carton be made from fluted or corrugated cardboard.
• the number of compartments defined by the internal wall structure and, thus, the number of bottles that can be loaded into the carton be a multiple of two.
• the internal wall structure include a central divider that is connected to one of the side wall panels and lateral dividers that extend from the central divider and are connected to other side wall panels so that when the enclosure is manipulated from a collapsed orientation to an assembled orientation, the central divider and lateral dividers define the compartments.
• central divider extend along the length of the carton so as to define two rows into which the bottles can be loaded.
• the lateral dividers extend from opposite sides of the central divider and define a series of ranks across the width of the carton.
• the central divider includes two layers of material and that each lateral divider be formed by a tongue cut into one of the layers and folded outwardly from the central divider.
• each lateral divider include an outer tab that is fixed to one of the side wall panels.
• Each tab may be fixed to the side wall panel using any suitable means, however, it is preferred that each tab be fixed in position using a hot melt adhesive.
• At least one of the side wall panels include a line of weakness that defines an openable section that can be opened by hand.
• a carton having this feature can be laid on its side so that the side wall panel having the lines of weakness faces upwardly and the openable section opened or removed from the carton so that the bottles in the carton can be viewed.
• An advantage provided by this feature is that the carton and particularly graphical features printed on the carton can also be used for display purposes at a point of the sale.
• Another advantage provided by this feature is that the carton can be opened without the use of a knife or blade which substantially reduces the potential for injury.
• the internal wall structure In the situation in which the internal wall structure is connected to the openable section defined by the line of weakness in one of the side wall panels, it is preferred that the internal wall structure includes a frangible section that allows the openable section to be detached from the internal wall structure when the openable section is opened or removed from the carton.
• the internal wall structure includes lateral dividers having tabs connected to the openable section
• the tabs be frangible connected to the lateral dividers to allow the openable section to be opened by hand as desired.
• a method for packaging bottles in a carton having any one or a combination of the features described above.
• the method including: i) manipulating the orientation of the carton from a collapsed orientation to an assembled orientation and thereby locating the internal wall structure in an operative position in which the internal wall structure defines a series of compartments; and ii) loading a bottle into each compartment.
• a blank formed from a single sheet of material, wherein the blank can be assembled into the carton having any one or a combination of the features described above.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a carton in an assembled orientation
• Figure 2 is a top view of the carton shown in Figure 1 loaded with bottles;
• Figure 3 is a perspective view of the carton shown in Figure 1 laying on a side and in a collapsed orientation;
• Figure 4 is a perspective view of the carton shown in Figure 1 while laying on a side in an assembled orientation with a portion of side wall panels of the carton show in dotted lines so as to emphasis an internal wall structure within the carton;
• Figure 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the internal wall structure circled in Figure 4;
• Figure 6 is a perspective of the carton shown in Figure 1 while laying on one side and with an openable section moved to an opened position for unloading or display of the bottles in the carton;
• Figure 7 is a drawing of blank for making the carton shown in Figure 1 from a single sheet of material.
• the embodiment shown in the Figures includes four side wall panels identified by reference numerals 10a to 1Od which are interconnected by fold lines 16. When the carton is erected the four side wall panels 10a to 1Od form an enclosure into which glass bottles 11 can be loaded.
• the carton shown in the figures is configured for 6 bottles, however, it will be appreciated that the carton may be configured to receive 2, 4, 8, 10 or any even number of bottles.
• Each side wall panel 10a to 1Od includes a flap 12 at opposite ends that can be folded to form top and bottom closures of the carton in much the same way as a conventional carton.
• the carton also includes a fifth side wall panel 1Oe which can best be seen from the blank of the carton shown in Figure 7. Mien the carton is erected, the fifth side wall panel 1Oe is folded inside the enclosure so that it overlaps and is glued to the opposite side wall panel 10a.
• the fifth side wall panel 1Oe has approximately half the width of side wall panel 10a and does not have top and bottom flaps 12 like the other side wall panels 10a to 1Od.
• a pair of equally sized flaps 13a and 13b extend laterally outwardly from the fifth side wall panel 1Oe and form the internal wall structure.
• One of the flaps 13a is connected to the fifth side wall panel 1Oe along fold line 14 and the other flap 13b is connected along another fold line 15 to flap 13a.
• Flap 13b is not directly connected to the fifth side wall panel 1Oe.
• flaps 13a and 13b When erected, flaps 13a and 13b are folded on each other and hot glued together to form a central divider 13 that essentially divides the carton into two rows that extend along the length of the carton. Bottles 11 loaded into each row are thus separated by the central divider 13 which reduces contact between the bottles loaded into the rows.
• each tongue 17 is also cut into each flap 13a and 13b in spaced relationship.
• the tongues 17 are folded outwardly and form two pairs of lateral dividers projecting from the central divider 13 which span between the central divider 13 and the opposite side wall panels 10b and 1Od.
• Each lateral divider is also formed so that the outer extremity of each includes a tab 18 connected along a fold line 19.
• Each tab 18 is hot glued to an inner surface of the opposite side wall panel at a selected location so as to form rectangular or square shaped compartments when the carton is assembled.
• the lateral dividers divide the rows into a series of separate compartments and that separate bottles loaded into the carton. Once the tabs have hot melt glued in the desired position, the internal wall structure allows the side wall panels 10a and 1Od to be manipulated between an empty collapsed orientation and an assembled orientation.
• Figure 3 illustrates the carton in the empty collapsed orientation and the direction of the arrows A indicate the direction in which the side wall panels 10a to 1Od can be manipulated in order to locate the side wall panels 10a to 1Od in an assembled orientation.
• the central divider 13 and lateral dividers 17a and 17b are located in an operative position and thereby define an internal wall structure having a total of six compartments that are adapted to receive a bottle.
• the internal wall structure can replace the dividers that are manually assembled and inserted into conventional cartons used for package in bottles.
• Another advantage is that it can also be stored and transported in an collapsed orientation.
• one of the side wall panels may also include a line of weakness 20 that defines an openable section 21 that can be opened by hand.
• the line of weakness 20 defines a semi-circular portion 22 intended to be grasped by ones hand which is connected to two parallel lines of weakness 23 running along the length of the carton.
• the semi-circular portion 22 can be pushed inwardly into the carton or, alternatively, pulled outwardly and the parallel lines 23 broken to reveal the bottles contained in the carton.
• Figure 6 illustrates the openable section 21 moved to an opened position for displaying bottles (not shown in figure 6) .
• the fold line 19 between the arms 17a and 17b and the tabs 18 of the internal wall structure be frangible such that the tabs 18 remain glued to the openable section when opened.
• each carton be made from two or more than two sheets of material.

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